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A nearly century-old Oklahoma company that supplies stock for rodeos had as many as 70 horses die a week ago after receiving what an owner believes was tainted feed. Rhett Beutler, co-owner of Beutler and Son Rodeo Co. near Elk City, told KFOR-TV that the horses died shortly […]

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Oklahoma rodeo company blames tainted feed for killing as many as 70 horses

August 30, 2024 at 2:28 p.m.

A nearly century-old Oklahoma company that supplies stock for rodeos had as many as 70 horses die a week ago after receiving what an owner believes was tainted feed. Rhett...

By KEN MILLER OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A World War I veteran is the first person identified from graves filled with more than a hundred victims of the 1921 Tulsa massacre of the city’s Black community, the mayor said Friday. The remains of C.L. Daniel from Georgia were identified by Intermountain Forensics through DNA from […]

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A World War I veteran is first Tulsa Race Massacre victim identified from mass graves

July 12, 2024 at 6:28 p.m.

By KEN MILLER OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A World War I veteran is the first person identified from graves filled with more than a hundred victims of the 1921 Tulsa...

Tornadoes have killed four people in Oklahoma and left thousands without power. The tornadoes began late Saturday night and left at least 100 people injured around Oklahoma. One tornado destroyed several downtown buildings in Sulphur, Oklahoma, flipping over cars and shearing rooftops off houses across a 15-block radius. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt toured the destruction on Sunday and said every business in the town of Sulphur appeared to have been destroyed. Oklahoma's severe weather adds to the dozens of reported tornadoes that have wreaked havoc in the nation’s midsection since Friday. Authorities said Sunday that one person also died in Iowa because of the storms.

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Tornadoes kill 4 in Oklahoma, leaving trail of destruction and thousands without power

April 28, 2024 at 9:27 p.m.

Tornadoes have killed four people in Oklahoma and left thousands without power. The tornadoes began late Saturday night and left at least 100 people injured around Oklahoma. One tornado destroyed...

A police video shows that a 16-year-old Oklahoma student who died the day after a fight in a high school bathroom was conscious and alert when telling police about the attack by three girls that occurred after the teen squirted them with water. Nex Benedict’s mother had called police to come to the hospital on Feb. 7 after the teen was attacked at school in the Tulsa suburb of Owasso. Nex, who identified as nonbinary and used they/them pronouns, died the next day after their mother called emergency responders to their home. Owasso police released video and audio from their investigation Friday.

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Video shows Oklahoma nonbinary teen after attack in school bathroom, the day before their death

February 23, 2024 at 11:50 p.m.

A police video shows that a 16-year-old Oklahoma student who died the day after a fight in a high school bathroom was conscious and alert when telling police about the...

A man suspected of shooting and killing eight people in suburban Chicago this weekend was related to most of the victims, authorities said Tuesday, a day after the 23-year-old fatally shot himself during a confrontation with law enforcement in Texas. Joliet Police and the Will County Sheriff’s Office say investigators believe Romeo Nance shot seven people — most of whom were relatives — at two homes in Joliet on Sunday before randomly shooting two men at other nearby locations. One of those men survived. The Illinois authorities said there is no evidence to provide a motive for the killings at this point.

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Man suspected of killing 8 people in suburban Chicago was related to most of the victims, police say

January 23, 2024 at 6:10 p.m.

A man suspected of shooting and killing eight people in suburban Chicago this weekend was related to most of the victims, authorities said Tuesday, a day after the 23-year-old fatally...

Scorching temperatures meteorologists say were brought on by a heat dome have taxed the Texas power grid and threaten to bring record highs to the state before they are expected to expand to other parts of the U.S. National Weather Service Forecaster Bob Oravec said Monday that the heat dome is expected to reach north to Kansas City and east to the Florida Panhandle and continue at least until the July Fourth holiday. The National Integrated Heat Health Information System reports more than 46 million people are under heat alerts. Texas State Climatologist John Nielsen-Gammon said the dome is not unusual because this is the time of year the atmospheric conditions combine to create such a threat.

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A heat wave in Texas is forecast to spread scorching temperatures to the north and east

June 27, 2023 at 3:40 p.m.

Scorching temperatures meteorologists say were brought on by a heat dome have taxed the Texas power grid and threaten to bring record highs to the state before they are expected...

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